Woodland Park Zoo sets the highest of standards for animal care, educates thousands of community members each year contributes millions towards conservation efforts in the wild, both through in-kind contributions of expertise and through direct funding. This zoo, along with other zoos, has unfortunately become the target of a small group of vocal animal rights extremists. Those doing research about Woodland Park Zoo are encouraged to visit the zoo and make up your own mind.

Woodland Park Zoo has been crticized for its elephant program over the past 7 years. The space is too small, the elephants all display neurotic stereotypical behaviors, the climate forces the elephants to be locked up for an inhumane amount of time, the elephants are incompatible. Please give to organizations that truly help elephants in the wild. http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019809167_elephants02m.html

Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle works to save animals and their habitat in Seattle, the Pacific Northwest and around the world. The Zoo community is made up of talented and dedicated management, staff and volunteers who encorage vistors and those they reach trhough award winning conservation and education programs to learn, care and act. Woodland Park Zoo is a community and regional treasure that is also a leader in field conservation programs across the globe. Where else can over a million visitors a year learn to care about animals and the habitat they need, learn to love what nature offers and learn to take action to preserve the natural world. Your conservation dollars will go very far at the Woodland Park Zoo.

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